Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...
On Sunday November 23, 1924, 100 years ago this month, readers perusing page six of the New York Times would have found an ...
In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully.
Hubble captures the aftermath of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s dramatic encounter with the Milky Way, revealing the loss of ...
A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga ...
If the Large Magellanic Cloud were not quite so massive, the Milky Way would have robbed it of any opportunity to form new ...
"The LMC is a survivor." In its galactic neighborhood, the Milky Way can be something of a bully. Our galaxy's two closest neighbors are two dwarf galaxies known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC ...
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
Scientists may have finally hit upon the possible mysterious sources that have pumped heat and kept alive the fiery hot gas ...
Encounter Blew Away Most of Smaller Galaxy's Gaseous Halo In a dramatic tale of survival captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, one of our closest galactic neighbors, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) ...